Cheating in high school

[Anonymous]

This started 40-45 years ago which started issues.

I recall when Scantrons sheets and TI calcs where you store formulas came out came out it became easy to cheat.

Prior to that it was a long hand written test of an essay or math problem with all work. Near impossible to cheat and teachers often mixed up orders of Tests

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m a HS teacher and it is very difficult to control. Cell phones have made the problem so much worse. Kids are texting answers to each other while in class.
Many kids don’t want to bother putting in any effort because they know they can copy off friends. It is a depressing situation which is hard to manage

Make your tests open book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m a HS teacher and it is very difficult to control. Cell phones have made the problem so much worse. Kids are texting answers to each other while in class.
Many kids don’t want to bother putting in any effort because they know they can copy off friends. It is a depressing situation which is hard to manage

Why are kids allowed to have cell phones out during a test? Surely it is within your authority as a teacher to say they have to be put in bag during test.

Forgot to add — my DC has had several teachers that hang a shoe organizer in the classroom and require students to put their phones in at the beginning of class and they aren’t allowed to retrieve it until the end of class. Based on what teachers are posting maybe it can’t be enforced, but DC has never mentioned kids refusing or their being an issue.

[Anonymous]

Those of you saying phones should be confiscated need to read the MCPS regulations on personal mobile devices (especially section III.b)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those of you saying phones should be confiscated need to read the MCPS regulations on personal mobile devices (especially section III.b)

Requiring a phone to be put away during class is hardly confiscating it

[Anonymous]

Cheating is a huge issue at my school as well. An even bigger issue is cell phone use. It is scary how many students are completely addicted to their phone. Kids text each other back and forth in different classrooms. There needs to be a standard policy for MCPS. Howard county recently came out and said phones need to stay in backpacks. Why can’t MCPS address this. It is useless adding a couple of extra days for virtual snow days - lipstick on a pig - when day to day learning is suffering so much. Some kids are fine but most kids are struggling with controlling their cell phone usage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The dum-dums will not make it thru the first semester of college. Large amount of money the parents will waste.

It’s very concerning.

You do not think there is cheating in college?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cheating is a huge issue at my school as well. An even bigger issue is cell phone use. It is scary how many students are completely addicted to their phone. Kids text each other back and forth in different classrooms. There needs to be a standard policy for MCPS. Howard county recently came out and said phones need to stay in backpacks. Why can’t MCPS address this. It is useless adding a couple of extra days for virtual snow days - lipstick on a pig - when day to day learning is suffering so much. Some kids are fine but most kids are struggling with controlling their cell phone usage

Parents will object. They want their kids to have their phones in case of emergency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cheating is a huge issue at my school as well. An even bigger issue is cell phone use. It is scary how many students are completely addicted to their phone. Kids text each other back and forth in different classrooms. There needs to be a standard policy for MCPS. Howard county recently came out and said phones need to stay in backpacks. Why can’t MCPS address this. It is useless adding a couple of extra days for virtual snow days - lipstick on a pig - when day to day learning is suffering so much. Some kids are fine but most kids are struggling with controlling their cell phone usage

Parents will object. They want their kids to have their phones in case of emergency.

Did you read the post? Kids can have phones, just not use them. They stay in their backpack.

[Anonymous]

They use their watches too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They use their watches too

To explain, you can text yourself answers you got from another student and then see them on your watch.

[Anonymous]

I vividly remember it being so commonplace at the Blair magnet (many years ago) that the teachers basically had completely different exams for each class they taught. And the makeups would also be different. Esp true in the comp sci classes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I vividly remember it being so commonplace at the Blair magnet (many years ago) that the teachers basically had completely different exams for each class they taught. And the makeups would also be different. Esp true in the comp sci classes.

One of my son's current teachers at Blair gives different versions of exams to students in his section as well as different versions for each section of the class. Makeups are also different.

[Anonymous]

It exists, and some parents don't care. DC saw a kid pretending to use a tissue, but having all the info on the "kleenex" (more like a paper towel). So gross, literally and figuratively.

The apples do not fall far from the rotten, diseased, bug ridden trees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Those of you saying phones should be confiscated need to read the MCPS regulations on personal mobile devices (especially section III.b)

I personally think it's nuts we're having this discussion. Phones aren't the problem. If students use the phone, during a test they should be failed This isn't hard. It just requires someone to care enough to proctor a test which is the actual issue..